1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: We want allies who can defend themselves so that no 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: accessary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength. 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: This is why we do not want our allies to 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: be shackled by guilt and shame. We want allies who 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: understand that we are heirs to the same great and 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: noble civilization, and who together with us, are willing and 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: able to. 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: Defend a leading with strength, don't manage decline. That was 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: the message from the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: described the United States as a child of Europe in 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 2: a message that was about unity on Saturday, but it 13 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: was also a warning to Europe. Get on board with 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 2: where we're going, or we're going to leave you in 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 2: the dust. He was speaking at the Munich Security Conference, 16 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: and everybody said he did fantastic. He really laid out 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 2: the foreign policy vision hied to Donald Trump, and it 18 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: focused on the United States national interests and was a 19 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: tougher stance on global issues. Yeah. 20 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 3: Well, the first thing I thought of after, you know, 21 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 3: watching Marco Rubio speak at the Munich Security Conference and 22 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 3: obviously realizing that there was a spectacular speech the next 23 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: thing I thought of was it almost seems like the 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 3: Trump administration might be playing a little bit of good 25 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 3: cop bad cop with Europe. 26 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 4: Right now. 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: You send Trump and JD. Vance over there and they 28 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 3: smack him over the head with a baseball bat. You 29 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 3: guys are terrible, blah blah, all the nastiness, the bad 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 3: cop stuff, and then the HU and then Marco comes in. 31 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 3: And while it was you know, certainly contrasted the way 32 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 3: Vance and Trump have been and the things they've said 33 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: when they've been over in Europe, it was still a 34 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 3: tough speech, but it was done in a much more 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 3: uh you know, presidential for lack of a better term 36 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 3: or diplomatic tone on this. He said, look, you know, 37 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 3: you look, we have this cultural similarity we you know, 38 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 3: us in the United States. We are the you know, 39 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: children of the European culture and the European nations. But yeah, guys, 40 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: got to get your act together. We need a strong Europe. 41 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 3: And that I think is the point that the Trump 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 3: administration is trying to make on all of this. It's 43 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 3: not that we are trying to you know, completely shatter 44 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 3: NATO or the global alliance that's been built over the 45 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 3: last seventy five years. 46 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 4: It's hey, guys, we've been pulling all the way. 47 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 3: We've been the ones spending all the money on defense 48 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 3: for NATO and security. We've been doing all the things here, 49 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: and meanwhile, you guys haven't been, you know, pulling up 50 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 3: your end of the bargain here. 51 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,559 Speaker 4: So you've got to be stronger. 52 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 3: And so that's what makes this speech that Rubio gave 53 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 3: even greater. It was, you know, like you said, you know, 54 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 3: putting an arm around him and giving him the hug. 55 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 3: But it was also the tough talk to get your 56 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 3: act together, Europe, because we need a strong Europe in 57 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 3: this country. And that was the message, and I think 58 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 3: it resonated. It certainly going to resonate a lot more 59 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 3: from the European leaders based on what Rubio said. Then, 60 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 3: you know, get their heads bashed in by Trump advance. 61 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,559 Speaker 2: Well, it does come after a year of strained relationships, 62 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: all this tension over the tariffs and other disputes. But 63 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 2: then he highlighted our common and shared history and called 64 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 2: for a new approach, the new approach prioritizing us interests. 65 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 2: So like, yeah, we have this history, but guess what 66 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 2: we've got the bigger wallet, and we have had it 67 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 2: for a long time. 68 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think that there's been a lot of 69 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 3: talk that's come out of Europe about you know, you know, 70 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 3: especially when Trump was talking about evading Greenland, about kicking 71 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,119 Speaker 3: the US out of NATO. You know that doesn't work 72 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 3: really well. I mean, the Europeans and NATO know that 73 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 3: they rely on the American military for their security. Because 74 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 3: what's going to happen if you kick the US out 75 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 3: of NATO or push back too hard? Okay, fine, We'll 76 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 3: take all of our foreign military bases and bring them 77 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,119 Speaker 3: home to the United States and bring those troops home 78 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 3: and save all that expense and money. Oh and by 79 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 3: the way, you'll be left completely undefended versus any potential 80 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: aggressor that might want to come your way. 81 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: One of the things that you didn't hear him talking 82 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: about was that diversity is our strength. He didn't go 83 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: down that route. A lot of people were saying that 84 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: it was one of the best speeches of all time. 85 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: Here's a little bit more from it. 86 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: Allience that we want is one that is not paralyzed 87 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: into an action by fear, fear of climate change, fear 88 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: of war, fear of technology. Instead We want an alliance 89 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: that boldly races into the future, and the only fear 90 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: we have is the fear of the shame of not 91 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: leaving our nations prouder, stronger, and wealthier for our children. 92 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 4: An alliance ready. 93 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: To defend our people, to safeguard our interests, and to 94 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: preserve the freedom of action that allows us to shape 95 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: our own destiny, not one that exists to operate a 96 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: global welfare state and atone for the purported sins of 97 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: past generations. An alliance that does not allow its power 98 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: to be outsourced, constrained, or subordinated to systems beyond its control. 99 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: One that does not depend on others for the critical 100 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: necessities of it's national life, and one that does not 101 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: maintain the polite pretense that our way of life is 102 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: just one among many, and that asked for permission before 103 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: it acts. 104 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: He was critical on mass immigration, climate agendas, and he 105 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 2: was betting on tougher foreign policy. One thing that I 106 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: did notice that was happening, which seemed I don't know, different, 107 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 2: is that you had spontaneous applause happening. 108 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 3: Well, I think this goes back a little bit to 109 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 3: that good Cop, Bad cop that I just talked about 110 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 3: a little bit ago. 111 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 4: You know, we send JD. 112 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 3: Vans over to Europe and he beats him over the 113 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 3: head about free speech and how you guys aren't pulling 114 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 3: your weight and you're not doing the right thing. 115 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 4: And Trump goes over there and says similar things. 116 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: And so I think the Europeans from put yourself in 117 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,559 Speaker 3: their shoes for the last year, they're used to getting 118 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 3: their brains beat in by the Trump administration, of course figuratively, 119 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 3: but Trump has gone over there and been very tough 120 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 3: and you know, thrown tariffs in their face and threatened 121 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: to invade Greenland and everything else that the Trump is 122 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: administration is doing. And so I think that as they 123 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 3: showed up and sat in their seats, Marco Rubio walked 124 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 3: on stage, I think they were probably preparing themselves for 125 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 3: another beating. And then when they didn't get it, and 126 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 3: Rubio sounded so stately and so diplomatic and so reasonable, 127 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 3: I think that's where that spontaneous applause probably came from. 128 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 3: They were not expecting this sort of direction from this administration. 129 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: He's definitely become one of the most influential figures in 130 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 2: US foreign policy, clearly a key man for Donald Trump. 131 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: It almost seems like Donald Trump goes to Marco Rubio 132 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 2: more often than he does JD. Vance, especially on Venezuela. 133 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 4: Well, look, Rubio has a ton more experience from Vance. 134 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 4: Keep in mind JD. 135 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 3: Vance had been a senator for exactly two years when 136 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: he was picked as Donald Trump's the vice presidential nominee. 137 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 4: So JD. 138 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 3: Vance does not have this massive portfolio of experience or 139 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 3: all this foreign policy experience that he can sit here 140 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 3: in Lena. Rubio has been a senator for a long time, 141 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: He's run for president himself. He has this vast swath 142 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 3: of a experience that he can pull on. So it 143 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 3: makes sense that he may be a little bit more 144 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 3: of a trusted advisor for Trump than JD. Vance's right now, 145 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 3: especially when it comes to foreign policy. 146 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: Kevin, I want to forward to clip number twenty six 147 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 2: because after this speech, you heard so many people saying, hey, 148 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 2: maybe a little bit too early to say, but Marco 149 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 2: Rubio in twenty twenty eight, and then you hear a 150 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 2: lot of people saying, woh, a Vance Rubio ticket is 151 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 2: the way to go. But you have a different idea. 152 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, look this is. 153 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 3: My opinion, and it's kind of been formed ever since 154 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 3: the US invaded, you know, Venezuela and took out Maduro, 155 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 3: because it had a lot of alternate consequences in that region. 156 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 3: And one of the big consequences of that Maduro raid 157 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 3: is the fact that it has shut off Venezuela and 158 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 3: oil for Cuba. Cuba is struggling right now. Cuba is 159 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 3: not getting the energy they need. They've been completely cut 160 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: off from the rest of the world. Their sugar daddy, 161 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 3: Russia is caught up in a war with Ukraine and 162 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 3: is paying them no attention. And so, you know, my 163 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 3: hot take on this prediction is, Look, it wouldn't surprise 164 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 3: me if Cuba ends up crumbling into chaos and the 165 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 3: United States has to go in. And if the United 166 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 3: States ends up going in to prop up a failed 167 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 3: state in Cuba, who are they going to put in 168 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: place to run that country? 169 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 4: I see a scenario. 170 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 2: How about the son of Cuban immigrants. 171 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 4: Marco Rubio. 172 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 3: I think it is much more likely that in twenty 173 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 3: twenty eight, Marco Rubio is the quote unquote governor of 174 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: Cuba than he is going to be a nominee for 175 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 3: president of the United States. 176 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 2: Probably something he would want to do more too. 177 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 3: Absolutely, and again I'm speculating here, but put yourself in 178 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 3: Marco rubio shoes, the son of Cuban immigrants, to his 179 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 3: legacy would be much greater as the guy who re 180 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 3: built Cuba and brought it back into the world stage 181 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: than anything he would do running for president in twenty 182 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 3: twenty eight. So if I'm Marco Rubio, I would much rather, 183 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 3: you know, roll up my sleeves and get in there 184 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 3: and do whatever I can to fix Cuba, make it 185 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 3: an American ally and bring it into the twenty first century. 186 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 3: As opposed to president running for president in twenty twenty eight. 187 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, somebody to set out a free Cuba from communism, 188 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 2: bring it back to its former glory. He could be 189 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 2: really close to achieving that. And here's what Donald Trump 190 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 2: had to say about Cuba being a failed nation. 191 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 5: Morning, Cuba to make a deal. What does that deal 192 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 5: look like? What do you want them edor deal? Cuba 193 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 5: is right now a failed nation. They don't even have 194 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 5: jet fuel to get for aeroplanes to take off, their 195 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 5: clogging up their runway. 196 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 6: But we're talking to look for Cuba right now, and 197 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 6: Marco Rubio talking to Cuba right now, and they should 198 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 6: absolutely make a deal because it's a it's really a 199 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 6: humanitarian threat. And we have a lot of great Cuban 200 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 6: Americans and they're going to be very happy when they're 201 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 6: going to be able to go back and say hello 202 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 6: to their relatives and do things that they should have 203 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 6: been allowed to do for a long time. Very interested 204 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 6: in the people that are here that we're treated so 205 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 6: badly by Castrow and the Cuban patarity say, I've been 206 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 6: treated horribly. So we'll see how it all turns out 207 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 6: with Cuba and US. 208 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 4: We are talking anything. 209 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 6: In the meantime, there's an embargo, there's no oil, there's 210 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 6: no money, there's no anything you deal in. 211 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 2: That mean when you US Cuba relations, decades of sanctions 212 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: and geopolitical tension, any deal with Cuba needs to prioritize 213 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 2: the Cuban people who have been punished so severely for 214 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: so long. Also regional stability clearly, and diplomacy. And you 215 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: know who's good at that, Marco Ruby, the guy who 216 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: just mentioned it, the. 217 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 3: Guy who just crushed into Munich Security Conference speech. Look, 218 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 3: I don't see any scenario where the current current state 219 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 3: of Cuba and its government survives this Trump administration. Trump 220 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 3: is you know, he's he's touted out them and row doctrine. 221 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: This is our hemisphere. We're going to do whatever we 222 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 3: want to secure America's interested in this hemisphere. Now different 223 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 3: than what happened in Venezuela. Trump doing it through a 224 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 3: blockade and not allowing oil and not allowing money and 225 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 3: going to let that regime crumble under its own weight. 226 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 3: And then of course it'll be our responsibility to go 227 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 3: in there and fix it. 228 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 4: And who are the Cuban people going. 229 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 3: To you know, I've respond to, yeah, follow a guy 230 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 3: with Cuban roots, a guy whose family fled Cuba and 231 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 3: is now this international diplomat and the Secretary of State 232 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 3: of the United States. He seems to be the type 233 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 3: of person that that that role would just fit perfectly for. 234 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 3: And like you said, my guess is that's something Rubio 235 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,599 Speaker 3: would rather do than even running for president of the 236 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 3: United States. 237 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 2: That would he would prefer that as his legacy is. 238 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 3: It's an even bigger legacy than it would be to 239 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 3: run for president of the United States. 240 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 4: To regerve on one more job for. 241 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 3: Rubio, I think he probably My guess is if all 242 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 3: of that happens, and look, there's one hundred things that 243 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 3: have to line up before we get to that point. 244 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 3: But if all of that happens, my guess is Rubio 245 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 3: would probably leave those other duties behind to focus solely 246 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 3: on running. 247 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: It is interesting. You've seen the growth of him under 248 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 2: Trump administration, and I think that he has grown in 249 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 2: his role much more than JD. Vance has. But he's 250 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 2: also changed his politics a little. He has gotten more conservative. 251 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 3: Absolutely, yeah, I mean, and you're right because he's gone 252 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 3: in ten years, he's gone from little Marco to probably 253 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: Trump one of Trump's most trusted advisor. But you're right, 254 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 3: he has shown a lot of growth. He has been 255 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 3: more conservative, and he's been more firm and resolute in 256 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 3: all his policy positions he has and I guess that's 257 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 3: what ten years of experience will do for you. But look, 258 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 3: Marco Rubio is absolutely, at this moment the shining star 259 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 3: of the Trump administration. 260 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 2: And rightly so, you're listening to ninety three WIBC. All right, 261 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 2: I'm gonna admit I don't understand everything, and this just 262 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 2: happens to be one of them. A PSA Pikachu illustrator 263 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: who was crowned the most expensive trading card ever sold 264 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: at auction. This beat out baseball cards. Huh yeah, So. 265 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 4: This will tell you where the state of our culture is. 266 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 3: So yeah, We've seen record setting sports card sales in 267 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: the last couple of years from well known people like 268 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 3: Michael Jordan and Mickey Mantle. And now the most expensive 269 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 3: trading card in history is a Pokemon card featuring Pikachu. 270 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, listen to this. Officially a world record. 271 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 6: We. 272 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 7: Ken golden tonight, you sold the PSA ten Pikachu Illustrator 273 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 7: card for sixteen million, four hundred and ninety two thousand dollars. 274 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 8: What nis world records. 275 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 7: I can now confirm you have. 276 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 8: Achieved a new record title for the not only for 277 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 8: the most expensive Pokemon card ever sold at auction, but 278 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 8: also the overall record for the most expensive trading card 279 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 8: ever sold it auction. 280 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 2: So you've got this video of them announcing this. I'm 281 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 2: disgusted by it. If you have sixteen and a half 282 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 2: million dollars you're gonna buy a Pikachu trading card, No. 283 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 4: Not me, look at that. 284 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 3: I fully admit that it is as dumb as dumb gets. 285 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 3: It's stupid, it's silly, but it's it's these are collectibles. 286 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 3: It's it's it's a hobby. All of them are stupid 287 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 3: and silly. Look at somebody paying one hundred million dollars 288 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 3: for a van Go painting stupid. Of course it is 289 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 3: classic cars that sell for millions of dollars. 290 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 4: Of course that's stupid. 291 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 3: Yes, somebody spending sixteen million dollars on a on a 292 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:52,359 Speaker 3: Pokemon card. 293 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 4: Is absolutely stupid. 294 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 3: But there are there are a lot of high net 295 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 3: worth individuals use collectibles as bragging rights versus their other 296 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 3: high net worth individual friends. I'm talking about people that 297 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 3: have hundreds of millions of dollars. I think it was 298 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 3: it was last year of the year before that, somebody 299 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 3: paid twenty three million dollars for the Babe Ruth game 300 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 3: warn Jersey from the nineteen thirty five World Series where 301 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 3: he called his shot at Wrigley Field and then on 302 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: the next pitch hit the home run. There are people 303 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 3: out there that have an incredible amount of money, more 304 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 3: clearly more money than what they know what to do with, 305 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 3: and they're willing to spend it on things so that 306 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 3: they can show their other rich friends. Look, I've got 307 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 3: this and you don't. And that was what really was 308 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 3: driving this. And look, this is, you know, kind of 309 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 3: messy and frankly a little disgusting in a lot of 310 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 3: every a lot of ways. 311 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 4: Because it was Logan Paul that sold this. 312 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 3: And if you don't know, he's this YouTube guy that's 313 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 3: done some shady stuff in the past. The buyer this 314 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 3: is fascinating. The buyer is Scaramucci's son. Remember Scaramucci. He 315 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 3: was Donald Trump's press secretary in the first administration for 316 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 3: about two weeks. And that guy was kind of shady 317 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 3: and seemed a little icky on a lot of levels. 318 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: His sun just spent sixteen and a half million dollars 319 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,119 Speaker 2: to buy a Pikachu. 320 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 3: So his son has formed this investment firm, and that 321 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 3: investment firm paid this. 322 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 4: Sixteen million dollars. 323 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: Hey, look that the previous record price was twelve million 324 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 3: dollars for a Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sports card, 325 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 3: and that was purchased by mister wonderful Kevin O'Leary from 326 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: Shark Tank fame. And again he did it by forming 327 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 3: an investment group that purchased this. So what you're seeing 328 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 3: and this has happened in other ultra high end collectibles, 329 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 3: whether it's fine art or stamps or classic cars, that 330 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 3: these are becoming a separate investment asset class to people 331 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 3: with an incredible amount of money. So similar, So if 332 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 3: you're a billionaire and you're like, Okay, I've got this 333 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 3: much money in stocks, and I've got this much money 334 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 3: in bonds, and I owned this much gold, I'm going 335 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 3: to carve out a portion of my investment portfolio and 336 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 3: I'm going to purchase collectibles. 337 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 2: So like sports cars, this investment firm owns the piece. 338 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 2: Does that mean people buy portions of it? People who 339 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 2: are investor percentage of it. 340 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 4: People who are investors in it? 341 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 3: So I don't know the specific details, but similar to 342 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 3: the Kevin O'Leary purchase from last year, they had a 343 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 3: handful of people that formed that all put in a 344 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 3: bunch of money and formed this investment group and they're 345 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 3: going to go out and buy different collectibles. That's exactly 346 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 3: what happened here. So it's this isn't something to where 347 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 3: the public can buy into it. It's an exclusive group 348 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 3: of high net worth people that have been invited to 349 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 3: give a ton of money to form this investment group 350 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 3: and fund this pool of dollars that are going to 351 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 3: go out and buy these ultra expensive collectibles. Keep in mind, 352 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 3: Logan Paul, I think he paid just two years ago, 353 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 3: paid six million dollars for this card, and now two 354 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 3: years later has sold it for sixteen million dollars. 355 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 2: So that's a nice ROI. 356 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 3: Those sorts of incredible investment returns catch the eye of 357 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 3: high net worth individuals and they start to think, Okay, 358 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 3: maybe I should be putting a small portion of my 359 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 3: portfolio into these things. Now, these are absolutely high risk, 360 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 3: just as fine art as high risk, and a lot 361 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 3: of other investments are high risk. Shoot, this thing could 362 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 3: end up being worth half as much as what it 363 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 3: is in two or three years from now. But that's 364 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 3: how this got purchased, and that's how we saw this, 365 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 3: this record setting price at auction over the weekend. 366 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: So somewhere at some swanky cocktail party over cigars, somebody 367 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 2: is saying, hey, I own one percent of the pikachuw Yeah. Absolutely, 368 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 2: and that is meant to impress somebody else there. 369 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 4: Okay, but think about it. 370 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 3: So this guy that heads up Scaramucci's son, Anthony Scaramucci 371 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 3: is the guy's name, is part of this investment group 372 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 3: that purchased this. You know, he's a fairly young guy. 373 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 3: I think he's I think he's in his early thirties, 374 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 3: maybe even late twenties. And so while people our age 375 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 3: collect Babe Ruth and they collect Michael Jordan and Mickey Mantle, kids. 376 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 4: That are, you know, in their twenties, thirties and early 377 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 4: forties just. 378 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 2: Coming up, they're collecting Pikachu. 379 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 3: They grew up on Pokemon, they grew up when they 380 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 3: were kids. That's the nostalgia for them. And so, yeah, 381 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 3: it sounds silly when you say it out loud that 382 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 3: I'm going to go to a fancy cocktail party and. 383 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 4: Talk about it. 384 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 2: I'm silly on paper too about how I own. 385 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 3: A percentage of the sixteen million dollar Pikachu card. And 386 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 3: you may sit here and say, well, that's not going 387 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 3: to really impress anybody. Yeah, that's going to impress other 388 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: millennials and other gen zers that have a lot of money. 389 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 2: Some people are saying it's blasphemy though, that it's going 390 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 2: for more than the fifty two Mantle. 391 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 3: And yes, there's a lot of people in the collecting 392 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 3: world that say that, but hey, something is worth what 393 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 3: someone else is willing to pay for it, and is 394 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 3: this part of the greater fool theory that if I 395 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 3: buy it today and sell it to some. 396 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 4: Other idiot five years from now for more. 397 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, this may end up being the greater fool theory, 398 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 3: But for right now, collectibles are on a tear, and 399 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 3: the ultra high end ones, the ones that are worth 400 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 3: tens of millions of dollars, just keep going up and 401 00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 3: up and up and. 402 00:19:58,960 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 4: Up in value. 403 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 2: There's something about Ken Golden, though, there's some There's a 404 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 2: rub there, there's a rub there. 405 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 9: Yeah. 406 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 3: The guy the auction house that sold at Golden Auctions 407 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 3: is run by a guy with its name is Ken Golden, 408 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 3: and he has a series on Netflix that I think 409 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 3: season two is out called King of Collectibles. 410 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 4: And yeah, my sense is that man he. 411 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 3: Comes across as a bit of a shyster and a 412 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 3: used car salesman and not a dude I would trust 413 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 3: with a lot. 414 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 4: But but in this instance, Logan Paul did. 415 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, Logan Paul, the seller trusted him with it, and 416 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 3: the buyer trusted enough to spend sixteen million dollars on 417 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:35,959 Speaker 3: a trading card. 418 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're listening to ninety three WYBC. 419 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 10: Well, it looks like maybe a little bit of that 420 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 10: money they've been pouring into education across the state of 421 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 10: Indiana doing a little something. 422 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 2: Half of the biennial budget going towards education. 423 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 3: Is that a lot When you say that out loud, 424 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 3: when you say that half of the budget for the 425 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 3: entire state of Indiana goes to education. 426 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 4: That seems like a lot. 427 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, seems like things should be going better if we're 428 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 3: spending that much money on education. 429 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean results are going to come from strengthening 430 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 2: families and schools, although you hadn't gotten those results in 431 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 2: years past. This is it an outlier or is this 432 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 2: the actual direction? So let's take a look at the 433 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 2: state of the child. How are Indiana kids doing? And 434 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty six Indiana Kids Count Data book was 435 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 2: released and Indiana ranks twenty fifth in the country overall 436 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: for child well being and they looked at areas like health, education, family, 437 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 2: and economic wellbeing. In regards to education. To my surprise, 438 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 2: Indiana ranks eleventh in the US for education outcomes and 439 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 2: that is up from seventeenth from last year. 440 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 3: Okay, so we are getting a little bang for our 441 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 3: buck on what we're spending. 442 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 2: Early reading scores improved and kids are passing literacy tests 443 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 2: more so than before, and the high school graduation rate 444 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 2: is the highest ever recorded in the state. 445 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 4: You just keep throwing money. 446 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 2: At a problem and keep your fingers crossed and. 447 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 4: Maybe sometimes it works out. 448 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 2: Sometimes it works Yeah, this. 449 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 3: Comes from the Indiana Youth Institute. And again, like you said, 450 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 3: Indiana ranks twenty fifth overall for child wellbeing. And doesn't 451 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 3: that seem like such an Indiana statistic. 452 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 2: To be right in the middle, Right in the middle. 453 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 4: Hey, how are our children doing? 454 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 3: Right in the middle. How's our cost of living? Right 455 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 3: in the middle. How's our crime rate? Right in the middle. 456 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 3: It seems like we're spending a lot of money and 457 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 3: doing a lot of things and jumping all over the 458 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 3: place and trying everything we can, and we still can't 459 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 3: get out of that. 460 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 4: Middle range on a lot of areas. 461 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 2: The highest score. Indiana ranks eleventh in economic well being 462 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 2: for children. 463 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, and eleventh in education as well. And again, some 464 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 3: of these things are going well and some of them aren't. 465 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 3: But I guess some improvement is better than no improvement, 466 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 3: or certainly better than going behind. But it still seems 467 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 3: like we're spending an incredible amount of money a lot 468 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 3: of time, a lot of effort to just be average, 469 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 3: to be in the middle, to be right smack dab 470 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 3: in the middle. 471 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, United States and Iran are holding indirect nuclear negotiations. 472 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 2: This is happening in Genevas, Switzerland, and it's aimed at 473 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 2: resolving long running nuclear dispute. The talks are being mediated 474 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 2: by omen Oman Oman Cutter Qatar, however you want to 475 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 2: say it. So you've got some diplomacy, some high tensions, 476 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 2: and of course the US has deployed a large naval 477 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 2: force to the Middle East, and that includes additional aircraft 478 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 2: carriers and kind of more of a warning big stick. 479 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 3: Well, and so keep in mind here because a month 480 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 3: ago we were talking about, you know, a US carrier 481 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 3: stripe group going to the Middle East and potentially strikes 482 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 3: on Iran because of their brutal crackdown on the protests 483 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 3: that were happening in the streets. There was this uprising 484 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 3: in Iran. You had people that were coming out and 485 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 3: protesting the regime and then what we always see, an 486 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 3: extremely violent crackdown on those protests. I mean reports were 487 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 3: that you know, potentially thousands of people and even some 488 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 3: reports had the number of people killed in the tens 489 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 3: of thousands, and that was about a month ago, and 490 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 3: that's what was happening. And now this is something different 491 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 3: because those protests have pretty much been tamped down and 492 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 3: stamped out by the Ranian administration. 493 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 4: This is different. 494 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 3: This is going back to the old talks that we 495 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 3: keep having again with Iran about their nuclear ambition and 496 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 3: about trying to come to an agreement as to what 497 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 3: they can and can't do when it comes to researching 498 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 3: either nuclear weapons or nuclear power. And that's what we're 499 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 3: talking about now. So it does kind of seem like 500 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 3: Trump might have missed the boat a little bit. Seemed 501 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 3: like there was a little bit more of a of 502 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 3: a good excuse if you're going to go through with 503 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 3: these attacks as it related to the brutal crackdown of 504 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 3: the protesters. Now, this is just a negotiation over a 505 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 3: nuclear deal, and we've sent a second carrier strike group. 506 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 3: And remember when we talk about sending carriers to the golf, 507 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 3: those aircraft carriers don't travel alone. There are always usually 508 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 3: around a dozen support boats that are part of that, 509 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 3: whether they're destroyers or guided missile cruisers, supply ships, submarines. 510 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 3: So when you send an aircraft carrier. You're actually sending 511 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 3: about a dozen warships there, and that is an incredible 512 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 3: amount of firepower power now that we have two carrier 513 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 3: strike groups in the Middle East. 514 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 2: So I Ran insists that they focus only on nuclear 515 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 2: issues and once these sanctions relief in return. But they've 516 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 2: pushed this for a long time without any sort of accountability. 517 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 2: So the US has got to insist on verified limits 518 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 2: and before they're going to give up any sanction relief. 519 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 4: Yeah. 520 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 3: Look, and I think Trump runs the risk here of 521 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 3: doing too many different things on the world stage and 522 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 3: being able because each of those things you're gonna need 523 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 3: the American people support on. And yeah, we went into 524 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 3: Venezuela and took Maduro, and you didn't hear a whole 525 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 3: lot of gripeing. 526 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 4: And complaining about that because it was such a success. 527 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 3: Real tough to complain about things on the world stage 528 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 3: when the United States does things that may be questionable 529 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 3: but they're a huge success. Yeah, Okay, we're gonna give 530 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 3: Trump a pass on that. But you know, we had 531 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 3: the conflict with with Greenland, and hopefully that's been settled 532 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 3: and we've got an agreement going on there. We've got 533 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 3: the blockade going on around Cuba. We've got two carrier 534 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 3: strike groups in Iran. For Trump to do all of 535 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 3: these things, he's gonna need the American people's support on this, 536 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 3: and I worry that he's trying to do too much 537 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 3: too fast and not getting the American people's support as 538 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 3: it relates to Iran. 539 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 2: Right now, Well, guess what Barack Obama is focused on. 540 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 4: Let me guess the twenty twenty six midterms. 541 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 2: Well, yes, but also aliens. Oh okay, Yeah, he was 542 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 2: on a podcast and he said aliens are real? 543 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 3: Are aliens real? 544 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 6: Uh? 545 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 9: They're real, but I haven't seen them, and and they're 546 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 9: not being kept in Uh. 547 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 6: What is it? 548 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 9: Fifty one? There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous 549 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 9: conspiracy and they hid it from the President of the 550 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 9: United States. 551 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 6: What was the first question you wanted answered when you 552 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 6: became president? 553 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 9: Where are the aliens? Were the aliens? 554 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 2: Okay? So yeah, it's fun and good to be curious 555 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 2: about the universe, but he he should be sticking to 556 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 2: the facts because this spiraled bigger than I think he 557 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 2: was even expecting that it would. 558 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 3: I think he was a little flippant in this conversation 559 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 3: and I think that he was, you know, not choosing 560 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 3: his words very carefully, which is which is odd for 561 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 3: Barack Obama because he's a well seasoned politician and knows 562 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 3: how these things can spiral a lot of control. 563 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 4: But this blew up on social media over the weekend, which. 564 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 3: Was a little bit of a surprise because I remember, 565 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 3: specifically during the peak of COVID and the shutdowns, there 566 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 3: were some scientists that came out and basically said, yeah, 567 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 3: aliens are real, and American public basically went, hey, you 568 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 3: know what, we got some other problems we're dealing with 569 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 3: right now. How about your table that alien talk for 570 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 3: a few minutes, All right, big deal. We all kind 571 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 3: of shrugged our shoulders and went on with our masks, 572 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 3: and government instituted lockdowns across the country. So what I 573 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 3: think Obama was trying to say here is, look, it's 574 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 3: a big, vast universe, and I'm sure that somewhere out 575 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 3: there there's aliens. But again, he was a little too 576 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 3: flippant and a little too casual in his language, and 577 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 3: it blew up over the weekend on social media. 578 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 2: Well, and of course he had to do a little backtrack, 579 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 2: and he said that he was just trying to stick 580 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 2: to the spirit of the speed Round, which is what 581 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 2: they were doing on that podcast. But he says, since 582 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 2: it's gotten so much attention, let me clarify statistically, the 583 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 2: universe is so vast that the odds are pretty good 584 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 2: that there is life out there. But he doesn't have 585 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 2: many empirical evidence. 586 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 3: I also don't think he did himself any favors by saying, hey, 587 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 3: there's no aliens buried underneath Area fifty one unless there's 588 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 3: some vast conspiracy and they're not telling the president. Well, 589 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 3: you know, there's a lot of things that we never 590 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 3: thought we would see in this world that have turned 591 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 3: out to be true. Some people have called them conspiracy 592 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 3: theories in the past, and then as time goes by, 593 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 3: evidence proves out to be true. Really, Obama, not the 594 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 3: best time to be talking about how, hey there's no 595 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 3: aliens there unless there's some conspiracy. 596 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 4: I'm not aware of it. 597 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 2: Right as we're opening the box of conspiracy theory, right. 598 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 3: The Pandora's box of conspiracy theories is opened, and I 599 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 3: think you've got a public that is about willing to 600 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 3: believe any conspiracy theories. So he did not do himself 601 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 3: as any favor when he said, unless there's this huge conspiracy. 602 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 2: How is your Valentine's Day? Do you have a good one? Oh? 603 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, we had a good Valentine's Day, didn't We were 604 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 3: you know, you and I aren't really big on Valentine's 605 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 3: but it was very nice. 606 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 4: Meent it with some family and it was great. 607 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. How about this guy in Tulsa, Oklahoma? He was 608 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 2: pulled over in a stolen car at a gas station. 609 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 4: The car was on Valentine's Day. 610 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 2: On Valentine's Day, the car was a Dodge Charger. It 611 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 2: had stolen plates. Ooh, drugs inside. Oh. When the officer 612 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 2: stopped the vehicle, the mail passenger ran away into the store, 613 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 2: left his girlfriend behind. The man escaped by jumping a fence. Uh. 614 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 2: The woman could not escape and she was arrested. 615 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 4: Is that is that a Is that a red flag 616 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 4: or a green flag? For women? 617 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 2: Say that's a red. 618 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 4: Now come on here, now? 619 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 2: Did she know the car was stolen when she was 620 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 2: in it? 621 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 3: Did she know there were drugs in there? How well 622 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 3: did she know that it was this? Maybe like it 623 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 3: was a early on in their relationship, maybe this was 624 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 3: a surprise. But you always hear the theory, and it's 625 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 3: been you know, kind of proven out through a lot 626 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 3: of studies that that women are attracted to bad. 627 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 4: Boys, so you know, the little too bad. 628 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 3: Don't tell me there's not a segment of the female 629 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 3: population out there, maybe a small segment that a segment 630 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 3: out there that when they saw this story they were like, oh, 631 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 3: he sounds interesting. 632 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 2: No, I don't know. Stolen vehicle, drugs, avoiding the police. 633 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 2: I think those are all definitely red flags. 634 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, red flag that part. 635 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,959 Speaker 3: You may see a percentage of women that are like, Okay, 636 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 3: he's risky, he's a bad boy. 637 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 4: I'm attracted to that. 638 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 3: But the part that no woman can agree on, I 639 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 3: am assuming is getting ditched and while the boyfriend runs 640 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 3: from the getting did he gets arrested right? And she 641 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 3: gets arrested, he runs and gets away. That's the real 642 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 3: problem of this story. I think, not necessarily that he 643 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 3: had stolen blades or drug I. 644 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 2: Wonder if she was not more attracted to the drugs 645 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 2: that he had in his car than the actual guy. 646 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 4: Hey, what women like nice cars? 647 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 3: It was a Dodge Charger, could have been really nice 648 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 3: and fancy and fast. 649 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 4: Women like fast, nice cars. 650 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 2: Okay, what about Lebron James not retiring yet. The NBA 651 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 2: was it the All Star Game? Yeah? 652 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, this weekend the NBA had highly viewed. No, the 653 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 4: NBA had the All Star Game this weekend. 654 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 2: Came on the TV and I was like, really, we're 655 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 2: watching this now. 656 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 4: This is what we're doing. Look, the ratings were up 657 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:12,719 Speaker 4: a little bit. 658 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 2: Got curling in the Olympics. 659 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 3: Instead, man, can't get enough of curling. We watched a 660 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 3: lot of curling over the weekend rules and did not 661 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 3: watch any of the All Star Game. And in fairness, 662 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 3: the All Star Game ratings were up this year over 663 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 3: last year. Now, last year I think it was the 664 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 3: worst ratings in All Star Game history. Still not a 665 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 3: good number here. And yeah, so if you didn't know 666 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 3: the All Star Game this weekend happened, you're not alone. 667 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, he said, it's not a farewell tour this season. 668 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 2: He's forty one years old. 669 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,239 Speaker 3: This is going to be a big speculation and this 670 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 3: is going to go on through the rest of the season. 671 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 3: Will Lebron James retire at the end of this season. 672 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 3: There's a lot of rumors that he may ask for 673 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 3: a trade, and in fact, there's a lot of speculation 674 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 3: that he may end up going back to Cleveland for 675 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 3: a third time because he is not He is not 676 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 3: the focus right now with the law Los Angeles Lakers. 677 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 3: Luka Doncik is their star. That's the one they traded 678 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 3: for last year from the Mavericks. Gave up a lot 679 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 3: of draft picks to get him. He is really the 680 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 3: focus and Lebron is really kind of playing second fiddle. 681 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 3: And if you know anything like Lebron, he doesn't like 682 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 3: to be anybody's number two. So regardless of whether he 683 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 3: retires at the end of this year, if he doesn't retire, 684 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 3: it's doubtful that he'll still be with the Los Angeles Lakers. 685 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 2: You're listing the ninety three WYBC. It's Fatties Day. It's 686 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 2: another name for Marty Grath. You know, eat your rich, 687 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 2: fatty foods, your pancakes, your pastries, your meats. About a Punchki. 688 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 3: I love a good Punchki and King Cakes, which is 689 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 3: a totally it's a weird concept to me, but it's 690 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 3: a very much a Marty Groth type thing and certainly 691 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 3: big in New Orleans. But it's they bake this cake 692 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 3: and they put this little plastic baby figurine and it's 693 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 3: by the one who. 694 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 2: Has the little plastic baby. You're the lucky one. 695 00:33:58,920 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 4: You're the lucky one. 696 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 3: And but the thought of biting into this piece of 697 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 3: cake and getting this little plastic baby figurine in your 698 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,880 Speaker 3: mouth always seemed a little less than desirable to be. 699 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 2: Another common food for today gumbo. That sounds delicious. We 700 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 2: should make some gumbo today. I knew that. 701 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 3: Go get some sausage and some shrimp and rice and 702 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,919 Speaker 3: bell peppers. And I've made gumbo before, do a pretty good. 703 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 4: Job of it. Yeah, that does sound like a good idea. 704 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:27,360 Speaker 2: The big last hurrah before Lent begins tomorrow is ash Wednesday. 705 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 2: Something new that they started down in New Orleans this 706 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 2: year biodegradable beads instead of the plastic bead you know 707 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,359 Speaker 2: that gets in the balconies. You've got LSU that came 708 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 2: up with biodegradable plant met beads. And they're made from 709 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 2: plant and based material and they contain oakra seeds on 710 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 2: the inside. Okay, so rather than just throw them away, 711 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 2: you're supposed to plant these beads. 712 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 3: I love the idea, which if you know how people 713 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 3: acquire these beads in New Orleans, it's women essentially showing 714 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 3: their cans. Yeah, the debauchery associated with Marty Grass. 715 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 4: But let's think of the environment and find a way 716 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 4: to wear for. 717 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 2: Six tons of them blocking storm drains and flooding the 718 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 2: air in you know, New Orleans, it's already practically underwater. 719 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 3: Anyway, Good move on that part. Sounds like that's a 720 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 3: need for a biodegradable item. 721 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, Jim, thank you Kevin, Thank you for 722 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 2: listening today. This is ninety three WIBC.